GM to cut virtually all Saab's ties to Sweden

It was a financial decision at the time. Second-guessing a transaction a decade ago doesn't free GM from the blame for screwing up a good car.

No need to apologize to me, Shane. Good of you to do so, but not needed.

Which was my point.

I have to disagree here. I was on a project in Monterry Mexico a few years back. I was there every week Sun. Night - Fri. afternoon for 5 months. I even took Spanish classes.

At then end I understood and spoke no more spanish than I did before I got there. Believe me I now know what an illiterate has to deal with.

Many of our states are bigger than many countries. Needs in Texas aren't the same as the needs in, say, Delaware. Local controls are better than having some huge overhead to dictate something that doesn't apply.

I'm guessing you don't work in any sort of science.

I am saying that the person would have no choice but to learn to speak the language and no opportunity to speak his native language. I guess you talked plenty of English when on assignment and on weekends.

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It's all my fault from my first reply ;-)

I don't mind the Americans being a bit odd; it is just a national trait like any other nation. But that's precisely that: They are just a nation and not the whole world.

Electronic design actually. A knowledge of Greek letters is far more useful. ;-)

Graham

And GM's current decisions aren't financial?

You miss my point. You're blaming somoene a decade ago for what's being done now. That's like blaming a bartender because someone decides to be a drunk driver.

Who can blame him? America's the most hated terrorist nation in the world.

Just so ya' know. Dan Rather should be your hero, since he is an icon for liberal left wing ignorance, and also a veritable spigot of misinformation.

Wow! It's not often you see a series of posts as long or as vociferous as this one. Obviously, this stuff is a LOT more interesting than cars!

Mike.

What does right wing ignorance look like then ?

Graham

Does one even need to ask?

Let's face it though, there's quite a lot of ignorance on both wings, but none of that is related to Saabs.

I dunno. Jerry Falwell??

And superior. As I child I experienced both. In england I was considered advanced and moved forward a year. We moved to scotland and had to do 6 months in the remedial class to get to my proper age level in Scotland (not the advanced class I was in, in england).

You may extend this idea further North to Denmark and Sweden :-) But someone said that all generalisations are wrong...